While
we all need encouragement, sometimes we may rely a bit too much on
others. Maybe we’re afraid to join a gym or a support group if we can’t
convince someone to go with us. We don’t have to be so afraid. We are
enough because God is with us. Just as Gideon’s reinforcements were
whittled down, maybe our familiar supports fall away for one reason or
another. When we’re left facing our own weakness, there’s nothing else
to do but call on God’s strength. Whatever fears we’ve faced in the
past, we’ve survived them all. The support we were looking for at the
time may not have been there. That doesn’t mean God wasn’t supporting
us. After all, we did get through. That same God will always provide
what we need—both the internal resources and external assistance—to get
through anything he has in mind for us.
—from the book Fools, Liars, Cheats, and Other Bible Heroes by Barbara Hosbach
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